Leaked AMD roadmap reveals Desna APU, bona fide tablet strategy

What's a chip maker to do after successfully hawking five million of its Fusion
APUs? Why, expand the line, of course! A leaked slide deck from within
the lairs of AMD is showing off quite a bit of the company's upcoming
roadmap, and while a good deal of it has already been made public
in one way or another, there's one term that's causing all sorts of
buzz -- and for good reason. Desna is the name to know, a Z-Series APU
that's aimed squarely at the tablet form factor. To date, only a handful
of chips have managed to slide into slates, and while we always
reckoned that a version of Fusion could really give those ARM-based
alternatives a run for their money, it wasn't clear if AMD actually had
one that would handle the power and heat requirements. Based on these
sheets -- dated this month, for what it's worth -- the Z-Series chip
will offer Flash compatibility, DirectX 11 support and IE9 / HTML5
acceleration, and that's just for starters. Head on down to the links
below for the full skinny, but make sure you grab a cup of joe and
unplug the line first. You'll need a few, to say the least.